Around 1, 597.8 Kilometers from Patna in Navsari, Gujarat the farmers from 29
villages held a protest rally against bullet train project on Wednesday 6th
February. Around 2000 protestors submitted the memorandum to an official in
this regard. In the memorandum 14 concerns have been raised against the bullet
train project.

According to the local news Farmer leader Jayesh Patel said
that the land which the government is planning to acquire is a green belt (A
green belt is an area of land with fields or parks around a town or city, where
people are not allowed to build building or factories). He added, ‘Around 2 Lakh
trees will be cut for this. We do not want the green zone to be disturbed”.

In June 2018, Union railways Minister Piyush Goyal stated India’s
ambitious bullet train project is likely to be completed by 2022, a year ahead
of its estimated deadline, which is December 2023.

The bullet train between Ahmadabad and Mumbai will run a
total length of 508 km will be covered in the tunnel under the sea.

The cost of the tunnel is estimated at Rs 3,500 Crores. The cost of the total train project is Rs
1.10 trillion, and Japan is giving loan of Rs 88,000 Crores at a minimal
interest of 0.1 percent, which has to be repaid over 50 years.